"It was a scare campaign that the Labor party did. Saying that a vote for the LNP is a vote for One Nation, people were confused with that," she said.

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"We are polling in the mid to high 20s, some in the 30 per cent. I'm very pleased with that result," she said. "When you look at even the Greens vote, it's gone down."

Only 13.9 per cent statewide

One Nation secured only 13.9 per cent of the vote across the state, despite polling 20 per cent in opinion polls early in the campaign. This was mostly due to the party only contesting 61 out of the 93 seats in the election.

The Greens, who challenged in several inner-city seats, look set to win only 9.9 per cent of the vote – and also fail to win a seat. Although Green preferences helped save Labor Deputy Premier Jackie Trad in South Brisbane and unseat LNP shadow Treasurer Scott Emerson in the new seat of Maiwar.

Didn't bite: One Nation senator Pauline Hanson departs a thank you party for One Nation supporters, in Buderim during the Queensland state election on Saturday. Alex Ellinghauswen

One Nation's high-profile disqualified senator Malcolm Roberts also failed to win the seat of Ipswich, west of Brisbane, securing only 5568 or 26.8 per cent of the primary vote.

One Nation's best chance of winning a seat was in the rural seat of Mirani, between Rockhampton and Mackay, with its candidate Stephen Andrew ahead 51.5 per cent to 48.5 per cent against Labor MP Jim Pearce, with almost 70 per cent of the vote counted.

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Although One Nation candidates secured strong primary votes in several electorates, including candidate Jim Pierce (34.9 per cent) in Lockyer, Scott Bannan (31.7 per cent) in Logan and Mr Dickson (28.8 per cent) in Buderim, they ultimately failed because of Labor's decision to preference the party last.

Defiant

Senator Hanson remained defiant on election night saying the party was still a relevant political force even though it went nowhere near repeating the success of the 1998 election when it won 11 MPs.

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She said One Nation preferences helped decide many candidates, especially those in regional Queensland.

"I think this is a clear indication that One Nation is not going anywhere. We are going to be around for a while yet," Senator Hanson said.

Although Senator Hanson was the face of the One Nation campaign in Queensland, she was not contesting the state poll – a move which confused some voters who thought she would be a candidate on the ballot paper in Saturday's election.

One Nation's decision to preference all sitting MPs last hurt the LNP, with One Nation preferences helping some Labor candidates get across the line.

One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson and One Nation Queensland Leader Steve Dickson, who lost his seat, on election night. Alex Ellinghausen

Mark Ludlow writes on politics, policy and infrastructure. Based in our Brisbane newsroom, Mark has over 18 years experience as a journalist, working worked for The Sunday Times in London as well as covering federal politics in Canberra. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mludlow@afr.com.au